Gubu World is an Irishmans view of global affairs. Gubu is an Irish political phrase that stands for grotesque, unbelievable, bizare and unprecendented. Gubu World is a polictical blog that debates international issues of contention. While keeping an eye on events in Ireland we regularly debate developments in Iraq, Iran, Israel and other troubled spots.

Sunday, January 2, 2011

70 Years Ago Today 2/01/41

North Africa: HMS Terror, HMS Aphis and HMS Ladybird bombard the port of Bardia in Axis controlled Egypt. The bombardment is in preparation for an allied landing led by Australian troops, set to occur on the following day.

Germany: 95 RAF planes attacked the industrial German city of Bremen dropping 20,000 incendiaries as well as tons of high explosives. The raid by the RAF, and the use of incendiaries to spread fires is a retaliation for the recent Luftwaffe attack on London which devastated the city, destroying many famous buildings and killing nearly 1000 people.

London after the December 30th raid.

Ireland: On this day 70 years ago several bombs fell sporadically along the east coast of Ireland. In Co Carlow, 3 members of a family were killed when their home was hit. Also on this day it is believed that a number of German agents parachuted into neutral Ireland in order to make contact with the local IRA who would escort them to Northern Ireland where they could spy on British military installations. The Irish government would soon be threatened by the British who would claim that such activities undermine its neutrality. Eamon De Valera's government would ultimately succeed in interning the majority of the IRA

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About Gubu World

In 1982 Irelands most wanted criminal, a double murderer was arrested in the home of the attorney general whom he was aquainted with socially. The Taoiseach (Irish Prime minister) of the day, Charles Haughey, described the event as being grotesque, unbelievable, bizarre and unprecendented. The phrase gubu was born. The creator of this blog believes that gubu is a perfectly appropriate phrase to describe the sequence of global events that have occurred since the outbreak of the second intifada in September 2000 and the present day. This time line incorporates many grotesque, unbelievable, bizarre and unprecedented events such as September 11th, the invasion of Afghanistan, the Iraq war, genocide in Darfur, the Iranian nuclear crisis and the second Lebanon war. Gubu World is committed to instigating intelligent and rational debate in order to make some sense of the madness.

About Me

My name is Ted Leddy. I am a 29 year old Irishman with an intense interest in global affairs, particularly within the Middle East. I am interested in debating with people on the following issues. Israel, Jewish politics, The Israeli Palestinian peace process, Iran and Iraq. I also intend to regularly commentate on the progress of President Obamas presidency keeping a particular eye on his foreign policy.